NY foundation’s ex-chief gets 20 months in prison in UN bribe case involving Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng
Yan, 60, is one of seven people who was charged since October in connection with bribes paid to Ashe, a former UN ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who was General Assembly president from 2013 to 2014
The former head of a New York-based foundation was sentenced on Friday to 20 months in prison for participating in a scheme to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to a former UN General Assembly president.
Sheri Yan, Global Sustainability Foundation’s former chief executive, was sentenced by US District Judge Vernon Broderick in Manhattan after pleading guilty in January to passing bribes to John Ashe, the former General Assembly president.
Broderick, who also fined her US$12,500 and ordered her to forfeit US$300,000, said that because of her crimes, “there was substantial damage done to the UN itself and the image of the UN”
“There’s no question this crime was a serious offence,” he said.
I will forever punish myself. I’m very, very sorry
Yan, 60, is one of seven people who was charged since October in connection with bribes paid to Ashe, a former UN ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who was General Assembly president from 2013 to 2014.
